I don't know about you, but I've got cassettes that are around that age, and the coating is dropping off the plastic media rendering them useless. Magnetic audio tape wouldn't be my first choice. Maybe vinyl-
You need to ask what exactly you want an expansion slot for? Other than graphics, the Mac has it already. Anything else can be added via USB. Specialty card users would be better served by a more expandable Mac.
I don't know about BSD (guessing here) but the IronKey works well with my Vista PC, Windows XP boxes and my Mac running OS X. I think it would work with your BSD.
I run 4 GB now with memory prices being what they are. 64-bit operating systems (I run Vista Ultimate 64) can take advantage of it, and high-end apps like Photoshop and Premiere seem to love the extra headroom. Add in a high-end graphics card (8800 GTS) and it's all good.
"while with Mac you must buy a whole new system."
This statement really angered me for some reason. You must not have a clue. I have Windows PCs and Macs, and in both I routinely add additional hard drives, upgrade the operating systems when released, add memory... I didn't need to buy a whole new system. My G4 desktop, now serving as an office server, for instance, now runs OS X 10.4.9, has five internal hard drives totaling 1 TB, and I could upgrade the ZIF-slot dual 550 mHz processors if I chose to.
I second this. BeyondTV now supports Vista and is very, very slick. I use MCE as well, but BTV has it over on recording. MCE of course handles everything else (photos, etc.) as well, something BTV should consider-- especially the "Tasks" area for burning disks in Vista.
I ran into this once using Vista Ultimate, and simply had to alter ownership of the file, and I was able to do with it as I wished. I use a Hauppauge card with WMP11 ad Media Center.
Vista (Ultimate Edition) pretty much dictated 1 GB RAM for me, initially, and started to behave at the 2 GB mark. Once I moved to the 64-bit version of Vista, I went up to 4 GB and so far it just purrs. XP Pro SP2 needed about 2 GB to really rock.
Maybe it's just the iPod models currently on the market that you think are waning-- but Apple has shown that they are willing and able to constantly upgrade the iPod, and keep it relevant and exciting. I wouldn't look for MS and the Zune to overtake iPod in the near future. Think iPhone... a screen that takes up the entire unit, touch sensitive controls and navigation. It's doesn't take a crystal ball to see where Apple is likely to go with the iPod in the near future. Maybe... here's your iPod-- would you like a phone with that?
My Hauppauge PVR-150 works quite well with the Vista driver they have on their site.
I installed iTunes a couple days ago, and read the known issues with it. I haven't had any problems so far.
I don't use Word, and I haven't disabled UAC. Vista is prettier. So far my CPU use hovers around 4 or 5 % using Firefox, it climbs occasionally when launching applications, but hasn't went above 30 or 40 % so far. But then I haven't reinstalled any CPU intensive applications yet.
AMD 4200+ X2, 4GB DDR CL 2.5, 500GB Sata, nVidia 6600 Silent, Vista Ultimate
The word "Dell" is the key here- uninstall all of the garbage that they force on you and it will run as it should. Buy another gig of RAM and it will be even better. But you shouldn't have bought the cheapest available either. Upgraded video in Vista goes a long way. Ask Dell for the disk- not the restore crap on the drive and then do a fresh install. Life will improve.
My 6600 PCI-E card works perfectly with the Windows driver, my biggest issue has been with nVidia's nForce 4 chipset and USB support in Vista. So far, the only workaround has been to disable USB 1+2.0 and use just 1.1 instead. Of course this makes external hard drives useless for the most part. Overall, I found Vista drivers easily and didn't have a big headache installing the upgrade- although I did choose to do a clean install.
It's not free, but I'll stick to BeyondTV. It wasn't that expensive, and worked with my card and computer right out of the box with no hassles. GBPVR didn't work for me.
I wouldn't look for the phone available separately from the plan for some time. I think what took Apple this long in bringing out a true "Apple" phone was finding a carrier willing to play ball with them on their terms. I am surprised however, that Cingular did not subsidize the phone, at least to the extent of their current models available. This price point will be a deal breaker for many. I would have rushed out for a phone at $350 (like an iPod) if I could have slipped my SIM card from Cingular in it and took off. Personally, the phone is really a leap ahead, purely based on interface and interoperability from what I saw. The "pretty" will also go a long way, the designers on this one (hardware and software) appear to have done a stellar job.
Uninstalled this crap almost immediately after installing. This beta should be called cement, it brought everything to a standstill. I'll stick with AVG.
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I don't know about you, but I've got cassettes that are around that age, and the coating is dropping off the plastic media rendering them useless. Magnetic audio tape wouldn't be my first choice. Maybe vinyl-
On my 4200+ with 8800 GTS 340MB it's smooth as silk- no lag.
You need to ask what exactly you want an expansion slot for? Other than graphics, the Mac has it already. Anything else can be added via USB. Specialty card users would be better served by a more expandable Mac.
Please get a real hobby (or job) instead of posting crap like this. BTW, aren't you sick of your Mom's basement?
And, remember... we all end up dead in the end. Nobody gets out alive- See, Chuck? The damn zombies always win.
I don't know about BSD (guessing here) but the IronKey works well with my Vista PC, Windows XP boxes and my Mac running OS X. I think it would work with your BSD.
I run 4 GB now with memory prices being what they are. 64-bit operating systems (I run Vista Ultimate 64) can take advantage of it, and high-end apps like Photoshop and Premiere seem to love the extra headroom. Add in a high-end graphics card (8800 GTS) and it's all good.
"while with Mac you must buy a whole new system." This statement really angered me for some reason. You must not have a clue. I have Windows PCs and Macs, and in both I routinely add additional hard drives, upgrade the operating systems when released, add memory... I didn't need to buy a whole new system. My G4 desktop, now serving as an office server, for instance, now runs OS X 10.4.9, has five internal hard drives totaling 1 TB, and I could upgrade the ZIF-slot dual 550 mHz processors if I chose to.
I second this. BeyondTV now supports Vista and is very, very slick. I use MCE as well, but BTV has it over on recording. MCE of course handles everything else (photos, etc.) as well, something BTV should consider-- especially the "Tasks" area for burning disks in Vista.
I ran into this once using Vista Ultimate, and simply had to alter ownership of the file, and I was able to do with it as I wished. I use a Hauppauge card with WMP11 ad Media Center.
Vista (Ultimate Edition) pretty much dictated 1 GB RAM for me, initially, and started to behave at the 2 GB mark. Once I moved to the 64-bit version of Vista, I went up to 4 GB and so far it just purrs. XP Pro SP2 needed about 2 GB to really rock.
Maybe it's just the iPod models currently on the market that you think are waning-- but Apple has shown that they are willing and able to constantly upgrade the iPod, and keep it relevant and exciting. I wouldn't look for MS and the Zune to overtake iPod in the near future. Think iPhone... a screen that takes up the entire unit, touch sensitive controls and navigation. It's doesn't take a crystal ball to see where Apple is likely to go with the iPod in the near future. Maybe... here's your iPod-- would you like a phone with that?
Anonymous Cowards don't deserve modding-- save the points for postings that matter.
I love these types of comments when posted by AC.
Just about blew coffee down my shirt with this one. Needed some mod points about now.
Right. Got that little tidbit from the source, did you. I suspect it's much older.
My Hauppauge PVR-150 works quite well with the Vista driver they have on their site. I installed iTunes a couple days ago, and read the known issues with it. I haven't had any problems so far. I don't use Word, and I haven't disabled UAC. Vista is prettier. So far my CPU use hovers around 4 or 5 % using Firefox, it climbs occasionally when launching applications, but hasn't went above 30 or 40 % so far. But then I haven't reinstalled any CPU intensive applications yet. AMD 4200+ X2, 4GB DDR CL 2.5, 500GB Sata, nVidia 6600 Silent, Vista Ultimate
The word "Dell" is the key here- uninstall all of the garbage that they force on you and it will run as it should. Buy another gig of RAM and it will be even better. But you shouldn't have bought the cheapest available either. Upgraded video in Vista goes a long way. Ask Dell for the disk- not the restore crap on the drive and then do a fresh install. Life will improve.
My 6600 PCI-E card works perfectly with the Windows driver, my biggest issue has been with nVidia's nForce 4 chipset and USB support in Vista. So far, the only workaround has been to disable USB 1+2.0 and use just 1.1 instead. Of course this makes external hard drives useless for the most part. Overall, I found Vista drivers easily and didn't have a big headache installing the upgrade- although I did choose to do a clean install.
It's not free, but I'll stick to BeyondTV. It wasn't that expensive, and worked with my card and computer right out of the box with no hassles. GBPVR didn't work for me.
I wouldn't look for the phone available separately from the plan for some time. I think what took Apple this long in bringing out a true "Apple" phone was finding a carrier willing to play ball with them on their terms. I am surprised however, that Cingular did not subsidize the phone, at least to the extent of their current models available. This price point will be a deal breaker for many. I would have rushed out for a phone at $350 (like an iPod) if I could have slipped my SIM card from Cingular in it and took off. Personally, the phone is really a leap ahead, purely based on interface and interoperability from what I saw. The "pretty" will also go a long way, the designers on this one (hardware and software) appear to have done a stellar job.
I noticed that the Apple site mentioned you needed a 1080 widescreen TV in order to use it.
Uninstalled this crap almost immediately after installing. This beta should be called cement, it brought everything to a standstill. I'll stick with AVG.
I like the way you talk...
Enough with the grammar. Get a life. If you sit around and critique people's posts, you haven't much of a life, now do you?